• Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard, Executive Managing Director of JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory, to discuss the results of JLL’s recently published 2026 Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey and Trends. They also covered some major topics heading into NIC in Nashville. Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Burning Questions for NIC Attendees

    This time next week, we’ll be heading out of Nashville from the Spring NIC conference likely buoyed by the overwhelmingly positive mood we’re expecting from most of our industry friends. It’s hard not to be optimistic when occupancy and margins are increasing to healthy levels nationally, and show no signs of stopping, when liquidity is... Read More »
  • Janus Living’s IPO Results

    Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Secures Slew of HUD and Bridge Financings

    VIUM Capital recently closed a series of healthcare and seniors housing real estate financings across multiple states, spanning both HUD-insured loans and bridge executions for skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care assets. The largest loan was a $56.4 million HUD financing for a 325-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility... Read More »
  • Several Senior Care Finances Close

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group reported an active end of winter, closing a handful of debt transactions for clients in Illinois and Kentucky. First, he helped the owner of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility in Kentucky refinance existing acquisition debt following a successful operational turnaround. Since acquiring the facility... Read More »
Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under the ticker “JAN.” The offering is subject to market conditions, receipt of regulatory approvals, completion of related financings, completion of the SEC’s review and other customary conditions.  The number of shares to be offered, the price range and other terms for the offering have not yet been determined. BofA Securities and J.P. Morgan are... Read More »
SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only multi-acuity campus in the surrounding area. But occupancy stood at 67%, and the community was operating just below breakeven on $3.45 million of revenues at the time of marketing.Its local Missouri owner/operator was looking to focus on its primary business, hence the sale, and engaged Nick Cacciabando, Jeff Binder and Lucas Doll of Senior Living... Read More »
Fully-Occupied Assisted Living Community Sells

Fully-Occupied Assisted Living Community Sells

Joe Shallow of The Prestige Group was engaged by a family owner/operator in their divestment of a seniors housing community in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Purpose-built in 1985 and well-maintained throughout the years, Metro Wilkes Barre features 20 assisted living units with 40 beds. The community has historically boasted a strong census, and at the time of sale it was 100% occupied. It sits on 1.15 acres and comprises 8,436 square feet. At the time of marketing, the asset was making $222,400 in EBITDA on $812,900 of revenues. Although the community is fully occupied, there is still upside potential for the incoming buyer, with monthly rents sitting below the current market rate. There is... Read More »
REIT Acquires Underoccupied Seniors Housing Portfolio

REIT Acquires Underoccupied Seniors Housing Portfolio

After acquiring a seniors housing portfolio through a joint venture in 2019, MedCore Partners and Trinity Private Equity Group have decided it was time to divest. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Jake Rice of Blueprint brought the portfolio out to market, and at that time, it was generating $4.5 million in EBITDAR on around $21 million in annual revenue. It comprised a mix of 409 private pay and Medicaid units, and was purpose-built between 2014 and 2016. There is room for upside, with occupancy hovering just above 75%. The four assets sit in primary and secondary markets across Arizona and Utah.  After the joint venture seller’s 2019 acquisition, which it completed for $98 million, or... Read More »
Philadelphia AL/MC Community Trades Hands

Philadelphia AL/MC Community Trades Hands

Brett Gardner, Joshua Jandris and Jason Skalko of Cushman & Wakefield represented an undisclosed seller in its sale of The Terrace at Chestnut Hill, a 62,600-square-foot, 108-unit assisted living and memory care community in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The buyer, MVJ Ventures LLC, was represented by Jason Stroiman and Brendan DeSilva of Evans Senior Investments.  The community was built in 1987 and renovated in 2012, and at the time of sale, it was 85% occupied. It will be operated by Viva Senior Living, and rebranded as Viva Senior Living at Chestnut Hill. While the asset carried existing agency debt, the buyer elected not to assume the loan and instead paid off the... Read More »
Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

Clarion Partners, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. acquired Vitality Living Franklin, a 126-unit seniors housing community in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville MSA). The community was built in 2014, renovated in 2023 and faced little new competition in the area. It was nearly full as a result. The community sits three miles from Williamson Medical Center and offers both assisted living and memory care services. The community is operated by Vitality Living, a Nashville-based senior living operator with more than 35 communities across the Southeast and Texas. Read More »